Submitted by: Robert Helwig
Collaborator: Sarah-Henning Snellings
School: Brookland Middle School
Summary
In this culminating project students will plan and create a news story entirely in Spanish about an encounter with and alien species that was discovered by NASA. In their projects students will: describe the time it takes to get to the new planet, describe and illustrate the physical attributes of aliens, and have a conversation with the Martians that they encountered. As the project progresses, imagine the student’s surprise to find out that the Martians speak fluent Spanish!!!
TIPC Ratings
No Score: This project would not be scored in the Research and Information Fluency as it does not lend itself to this particular category.
Developing: The teacher has created an authentic task where students are working collaboratively with their peers to create a media presentation for NASA. The product will be created using several different multimedia tools such as (but not limited to): Windows Movie Maker, ActivInspire, Audacity, and MS Word. When the collaborative teams are finished students will share their presentations.
Approaching: In this lesson the students are required to take their knowledge of Spanish and apply it to a scenario where they are required to communicate in Spanish with a Martian on a new planet. Students must critically think about what they will say, how they will say it, and describe what they see when they get to the new planet.
Approaching: In this lesson the teacher has designed an opportunity for students to synthesize their learning into the creation of a multimedia presentation. Not only will they create a script in which they communicate in Spanish; they will also create a Martian and describe it in detail. They will then combine the script and the visual artifact to create a multimedia presentation.
Student Artifact
